On 7 May 2005, a Fairchild Aircraft Inc. SA227-DC Metro 23 aircraft with two pilots and 13 passengers, was being operated by Transair on a regular public transport service from Bamaga to Cairns, with an intermediate stop at Lockhart River, Queensland. At approximatly 11:45 the aircraft impacted terrain in the Iron Range National Park [...]
Lion Air Flight 538, a McDonnell Douglas MD 82 was a scheduled flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta to Juanda International Airport in Surabaya with a stopover at AdiSumarmoAirport,Surakarta. The aircraft carrying 156 passengers and 7 crew overran the runway whilst landing at Surakarta. There were wet conditions in the area at the time due [...]
On 10 January 2002, Flight 421 operated by Garuda Indonesia experience a double engine failure after entering severe turbulence during a thunderstorm. Miraculously the pilots were able to perform an emergency landing of the plan on a river near Klaten, Java. Of the 60 crew and passengers onboard, one crew member perished with 44 passengers [...]
On May 18, 2001, a Bell 407 helicopter, Philippine registration RP-C2345, was destroyed during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Puerto Princesa, in the Palawan Islands, in the Republic of the Philippines. The commercial pilot, the flight mechanic, and the 4 passengers were fatally injured. Asia Pacific assisted 3 families [...]
The aircraft departed Perth Western Australia on a charter flight to Leonora, WA with one pilot and 7 passengers on board.Approximately five hours later having travelled almost the entire breadth of Australia the plane crash near Burketown in Queensland killing all on board. Asia Pacific assisted two of the families of the victims. [...]
On 31 October 1999, a Boeing 767-300ER Aircraft operated by Egypt Air was en-route to Cairo Egypt having departed John J Kennedy International Airport, New York City. The aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 100km south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts killing all 217 passenger on board. The U.S. crash investigators immediately raised the specter [...]
On December 19,1997, a Silk Air Boeing 737 unexplainably entered uncontrolled flight and crashed near Palembang, Indonesia. All onboard perished. Boeing immediately claimed the Singaporean pilot had committed suicide, taking everyone else with him. Boeing found an ally in the U.S. NTSB which supported the Boeing suicide theory. However, attorney acting on behalf of Asia [...]
On 26 September 1997, an Airbus A300 aircraft en-route from Jakarta to Medan crashed into a hillside on approach to Medan Airport. All 224 on board perished making this accident the worst aviation disaster in Indonesian history. The attorney for Asia Pacific clients was able to establish that the ground proximity warning system (manufactured by [...]
On August 6, 1997, Korean Air flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, operated by Korean Air crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam. The flight departed from Kimpo International Airport with 237 passengers and 17 crew on board. The aircraft had been cleared to land at A.B. Won Guam International Airport, Agana, Guam, and crashed into high terrain [...]
The Bell 212 was operating approximately 100 kilometers east of Palu over water when it lost power. The pilot attempted an autorotation landing following a transmission failure however the aircraft overturned upon landing. Of the five passengers and crew onboard, 4 were killed with one injured survivor. Asia Pacific assisted the families of the deceased [...]
